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to: MARIUS BENDIKSEN
from: SAM IZZO
date: 1997-06-16 11:07:00
subject: BootSector!!!

 MB> there's an important difference here: your offsets will get screwed
 MB> over if you don't make sure you end up in the right segment.
 MB> The method I've used in my OS is to make a far jump to make sure
 MB> I'm in 07c0:0000 and not in 0000:7c00. I discovered this because
Hmm.. I don't quite follow.. How do you use a far jump to make sure?
But apart from that, are those the only two places the boot sector could be 
loaded?
Sam
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